Despite Lebanon's security and stability, its drooping hotel numbers tell a sad story for 2012
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The numbers are up slightly from the complete doldrums of August, but they continue to reflect the unease many visitors have visiting event the safe destinations in a region full of uprisings.
Hotel occupany levels at five-star hotels in Lebanon slumped to an average of just 56% in the first 10 months of 2012 as the country suffers the impact of the crisis in neighbouring Syria and ongoing regional turmoil.
Ernst & Young’s monthly survey showed that occupancy at Beirut hotels was the fifth lowest among 21 markets in the regi